Table of Contents

Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Nude Self-Portraiture: Lucas Samaras and John Coplans 2. The Specularized and Specularizing Other: George Dureau and Robert Mapplethorpe 3. The Allegorical Nude: Joel-Peter Witkin and Dusan Makavejev Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

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A unique study of the interrelation between social perceptions of the male nude and the medium of photography

Reviews

"An important contribution to a little understood subject, particularly admirable for the sensible and level-headed way in which it deals the strong taboos which still surround the material. ...it will become an essential book in photographic studies, since the male nude plays an ever increasing role in contemporary subject matter." --Edward Lucie-Smith "Davis makes an important contribution to the new and growing literature on the sexual representation of the male body. This book is a must for anyone interested in gender studies in photography, film, or art history." --Peter Lehman, author of Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body